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October 09, 2019CROWDSOURCED CANNABIS PRICES, Q3 2019 The total average price of cannabis was $7.37 per gram in Canada for the third quarter of 2019, down from $7.87 per gram in the second quarter. This overall decline can be attributed to lower prices for both legal and illegal cannabis.
Prices for both medical and unlicensed non-medical use cannabis declined from 2014 to 2017. Since the start of 2018, Medical use prices have been increasing, while unlicensed non-medical prices have continued to fall.
When comparing Jan-Aug 2019 to the same period last year, average prices are up in all provinces except British Columbia. In percentage terms, the largest price increases were reported for New Brunswick (+30.5%), Manitoba (+28.0%) and Alberta (+20.3%).
In Nova Scotia, the average price of cannabis was $8.46 per gram through the first eight months of 2019, up from $7.27 per gram for the same period in 2018. For Jan-Aug 2019, the highest average prices were reported in Manitoba, Alberta and Saskatchewan.
Statistics Canada collects price and use data on cannabis through a crowdsourcing application, StatsCannabis. As the data sample is self-selected, it is subject to statistical bias and not necessarily representative of the larger population. Furthermore, monthly sample sizes have varied considerably, which also subjects the data to statistical bias.
Daily Release, Cannabis Stats Hub, StatsCannabis
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